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Dec 2023
32m 51s

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird...

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
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Director Francis Lawrence discusses his new film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, with fellow Director Marc Webb in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses capturing a retro-futuristic visual aesthetic, utilizing his camera language while swapping between two main character points of view, and hi ... Show More
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